Company Overview:
Medline was founded in 1966, but its roots date back 100 years when A.L. Mills started Northwestern Garment Factory. Since then, the company has grown into America's largest privately held national manufacturer and distributor of health care supplies and services. Medline is the largest privately held medical supplier in the United States. We manufacture and distribute over 125,000 medical and surgical products to healthcare institutions and retail markets.
Industry Leadership
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Medline Market Leadership
- Healthcare category
- Rank
- Exam Gloves
- 1
- Textiles
- 1
- Durable Medical Equipment
- 1
- Plastic Patient Utensils
- 1
- Skin Care
- 1
- Disposable Incontinence Care
- 1
- OR Kits
- 1
- Protective Apparel
- 2
- Gauze
- 2
- Packs and Gowns
- 2
- Bathing Systems
- 2
- Surgical Trays
- 2
- Advanced Wound Care
- 3
- Market dominance. Medline holds top-tier market share in more than a dozen major medical product categories—many of those in the number one position.
- Sales growth. A forty-plus-year unbroken trend of annual growth has led to 2010 sales of over $4 billion.
- Innovation. With a culture of continuous improvement and differentiation, we own and license hundreds of proprietary products, patents and trademarks.
- Customer focus. We make the products our customers want, with the quality they demand and the value they need. It's why Medline products are found in almost every hospital in the U.S., and for over half of those hospitals we're a top-ten supplier.
View an online brochure about Medline and the core elements of our success: growth, innovation, internal strength, and integrity.
